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Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Rennie, of Pierson, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Russell Rennie
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Rennie
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Rennie
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Rennie
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Rennie
Photo of H40716 Rifleman Russell Rennie
who served with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. Born in Pierson Man. 1906,
Killed in Action June 8th 1944 at Normandy (D-Day +2) France Age 36.
Photo taken from Page 49 of the Pierson Man. Community Tribute book.
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Rifleman Russell Rennie
Front cover of the Pierson Man. Community Tribute book.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Rennie
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Rennie
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Rennie
Photo taken by Roger Shier, April 7, 2017
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Rennie
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Rennie
Rifleman Russell Rennie is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Rennie
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Photo of H40716 Rifleman Russell Rennie who served with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. Born in Pierson Man. 1906, Killed in Action June 8th 1944 at Normandy (D-Day +2) France Age 36. Photo taken from Page 49 of the Pierson Man. Community Tribute book.
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Front cover of the Pierson Man. Community Tribute book.
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The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens)
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The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
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Photo taken by Roger Shier, April 7, 2017
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This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022.
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Rifleman Russell Rennie is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 426 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery is about 1 kilometre east of the village of Reviers, on the Creully-Tailleville-Ouistreham road (D.35). Reviers is a village and commune in the Department of the Calvados. It is located 15 kilometres north-west of Caen and 18 kilometres east of Bayeux and 3.5 kilometres south of Courseulles, a village on the sea coast. The village of Beny-sur-Mer is some 2 kilometres south-east of the cemetery. The bus service between Caen and Arromanches (via Reviers and Ver-sur-Mer) passes the cemetery.
It was on the coast just to the north that the 3rd Canadian Division landed on 6th June 1944; on that day, 335 officers and men of that division were killed in action or died of wounds. In this cemetery are the graves of Canadians who gave their lives in the landings in Normandy and in the earlier stages of the subsequent campaign. Canadians who died during the final stages of the fighting in Normandy are buried in Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.
There are a total of 2,048 burials in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery. There is also one special memorial erected to a soldier of the Canadian Infantry Corps who is known to have been buried in this cemetery, but the exact site of whose grave could not be located.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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